Taywan Taylor

WR · Western Kentucky 2016 · #2

Last confirmed: Western Kentucky, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Louisville, KY · Pleasure Ridge Park

Taywan Taylor: WR · Western Kentucky · #2.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Devonte BoydUNLV · 2015 · 88% season match
Ka'Raun WhiteWest Virginia · 2017 · 85% season match
Roger LewisBowling Green · 2015 · 82% season match
Rashard HigginsColorado State · 2014 · 76% season match
Amba Etta-TawoSyracuse · 2016 · 74% season match

Taywan Taylor

WR · Western Kentucky · #2

Beats you over the top. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Western Kentucky since. On tape: 197 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Middle Tennessee, Week 7, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Western Kentucky in the news

WKU wins first conference gameCollege Heights Herald Oct 9

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Western Kentucky	98	1,730	17.7	17
2015	Western Kentucky	86	1,467	17.1	17
2014	Western Kentucky	45	767	17.0	7
Career		229	3,964	17.3	41

Season	Team
2016	Western Kentucky	6	36	--
2015	Western Kentucky	7	−9	--
2014	Western Kentucky	1	11	81
Career		14	38	81

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-14vs Rice	5	165	33.0	0	45	144-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 10-38@ No. 1 Alabama	9	121	13.4	0	70
Wk 3	W 31-24@ Miami (OH)	3	58	19.3	1	36
Wk 4	L 30-31vs Vanderbilt	9	112	12.4	0	19
Wk 5	W 50-3vs Houston Christian	7	146	20.9	1	80	146-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 52-55@ Louisiana Tech	9	71	7.9	2	9	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 44-43@ Middle Tennessee	12	197	16.4	1	45	Season-high 197 yds
Wk 8	W 59-24vs Old Dominion	10	123	12.3	3	54	3 TD catches
Wk 9	W 52-3@ Florida Atlantic	2	84	42.0	1	65
Wk 10	W 49-21vs Florida International	5	97	19.4	1	41
Wk 11	W 45-7vs North Texas	6	166	27.7	3	75	3 TD catches
Wk 13	W 60-6@ Marshall	5	52	10.4	1	21
Wk 14	W 58-44vs Louisiana Tech	7	194	27.7	2	55	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 51-31vs Memphis	9	144	16.0	1	41
Total		98	1730	17.7	17	80

Signature game

Week 14 · 2016

W 58-44

vs Louisiana Tech

7 rec · 194 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Louisiana Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. White — 421 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.2 · A. Wales — 209 rush yds (36 car) · 4 TD · 5 rec · 53 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · North Texas · 2nd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +6.80Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 64 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 5 · Houston Christian · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 80 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 11 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 75 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 9 · Florida Atlantic · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.24Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 65 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 8 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.18Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 54 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 1 · Rice · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 45 yds to the Rice 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.71Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 59 yds Taywan Taylor fumbled, recovered by WKent Taywan Taylor for a
Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 45 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 14 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 45 yds for a TD, (Skyler Simcox KICK)
Week 1 · Memphis · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Mike White pass complete to Taywan Taylor for 32 yds to the Memph 48 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 31-10 over that span.

2014Western Kentucky8-5HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015Western Kentucky12-2HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2016Western Kentucky11-3HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#24 / 674 · 97th pct

13.6%

Yards / catch#41 / 674 · 94th pct

17.9

EPA / target#76 / 674 · 89th pct

0.83

Explosive rate#95 / 674 · 86th pct

18.4%

Catch rate#252 / 674 · 63rd pct

70.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#3 / 524 · 100th pct

1730

Rec TDs#3 / 524 · 99th pct

Receptions#5 / 524 · 99th pct

Long catch#36 / 524 · 93rd pct

Yards / catch#49 / 524 · 91st pct

17.7

Rush yards#81 / 257 · 68th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 216 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 86th percentile

Catch rate

86th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

96th → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

88th → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.0	143	21.9	1.4
Road6g	6.7	97.2	18.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.9	127	17.4	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	119	23.2	1.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Pass share

49.8%

471 pass / 474 run

Plays / game

67.5

14 games

Team sack rate

4.3%

464 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

98 catches and 6 carries in 14 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Taywan Taylor

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Western Kentucky in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Western Kentucky, drafted

His moves

2013

2017